How do I report SCAM to Microsoft?

Anonymous
2012-06-19T20:03:01+00:00

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HELP! 

   I want to report a phonecall/scam I received - this one last night - supposedly from Microsoft.  I want these crooks nailed to the wall.  I can't figure out how to contact a human in the Microsoft empire to give the specifics I gleaned from my caller.  Hopefully, a Microsoft personage will email me back as this is not my 1st scam by phone (my CELL PHONE!) or by EMAIL from India trying to get me to follow her 7 steps to clearing my laptop of a bunch of "vicious viruses".  I got her name, phone number, web address, etc. 

Please, Microsoft person,contact me so I can turn  my notes over to you to follow up protecting your name & our safety as best as possible and "contend removed: please don't cures  thank you" 

THANK YOU!!

R. A. Malloy    

“Content removed: please don't provide personal information due to security reason”

Windows for home | Other | Devices and drivers

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Anonymous
2012-07-12T18:38:19+00:00

Please read this Microsoft security article on what you need to know about these tech support scams, how to report them, and how to protect yourself.

Protect yourself from tech support scams

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/protect-yourself-from-tech-support-scams-2ebf91bd-f94c-2a8a-e541-f5c800d18435 

Includes information on reporting scam attempts

Report phone scams (usa.gov)

Learn about how to https://www.usa.gov/stop-scams-frauds in the United States. Outside of the US, contact your local authorities.

Hope this helps,

Greg

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  1. Anonymous
    2018-07-08T02:41:40+00:00

    go here,get as much info as you can gather,write down phone numbers and any names or company names that they use,if you know how get as much info on whatever website pages.i gather domain info,codes(if possible)ip addresses,etc.

    https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/reportascam/

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  2. Anonymous
    2018-07-08T02:35:48+00:00

    No need to report to Microsoft (they can't do anything about it). Report it to the Police instead.

    if microsoft cant or wont do anything then why do they issue requests to stop to some of them?namely 3 that i reported last yr and this yr,and why does microsoft want anyone to report it to them as i have done repeatedly thru microsoft website?

    i reported 1 today that i found embedded into a site that claims to be microsoft tech support site and even has numbers to call,i went thru the trouble of contacting the domain,domain registrar,microsoft,even got the info to submit to microsoft for the domain,domain owners,domain registrars,associated domains and the scam code thats embedded into the website.i dont give them access to my pc or credit card info ever.i gather all this info because i was asked if i can get more info on them to help catch them.the police wont do anything unless microsoft asks them to so where is the effort to stop this problem?

    the scam i have been chasing is 1 thats been going on for yrs and microsoft has already issued an order for them to stop.i emailed the site owners,domain owners and even google because they use a gmail account for contacting them.i have all the information including screenshots.

    3 hrs later this eve,they called me at home at 830pm central time,it was an american male voice and he tried to tell me that he is an outside company that represents microsoft tech support,i told him i was submitting the info to microsoft again and that i had contacted the domain owners and have copied the code for the scam,he couldnt hangup fast enough!! these scammers already know who i am and that i have been trying to get their specific info for the last yr and a half to turn in as requested by microsoft personel(real microsoft).

    i knew it was a scam simply because it was a full page popup that said my windows system was infected and had been locked AND I WASNT EVEN USING WINDOWS-i was running linux on my tri boot machine at the time.but i have encountered them many times in my windows10 insider installation,if the phone numbers they provide dont match any of the phone numbers i have for microsoft in my phone book i know its fake.but sometimes i do play along just to gather more info on them so my reporting will be more accurate and complete.i never give access to my pc or credit card info,but i will tell them who i am or even give a email addy so i can get their ip addresses if they email me which usually dont happen after they find out my name.

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  3. Anonymous
    2018-05-31T20:54:45+00:00

    How do i report a scam

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  4. Anonymous
    2018-05-21T17:38:25+00:00

    If someone was impersonating you would it be your fault?

    Microsoft collects scammers data that you report and refers cases as appropriate to law enforcement. Microsoft is not law enforcement.

    read this

    https://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2017/05/18/fight-tech-support-scams/

    report here. You do not have to sign in.

    https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/reportascam/?locale=en-US

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